| October/November Events
October 3 Lee National Denim Day
October 3 American Cancer Society Paint the Square Pink - Kick off Breast Cancer Awareness month at Fountain Square from 11am - 2pm.
October 12 Purse Bingo Benefit for the Breast Cancer Registry Click Here for more information.
October 12 American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5 mile walk Click Here for more information.
October 26 7th Annual Breast Cancer Brick Auction
November 1 12th Annual Cincinnati Comprehensive Breast Cancer Conference
"Reclaiming Control: Life After Breast Cancer - The Patient's Perspective"
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Hello! We are excited to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with our first BCA E-Newsletter. The BCA Bulletin will still arrive in your mailbox later this month. Please send comments and suggestions on our E-Newsletter to bcacincy@yahoo.com.
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Join the BCA Lee Denim Team!
Donate $5 and wear jeans this Friday!
Donate online http://www.denimday.com/team_page.aspx?tid=220671
Proceeds will benefit the Women's Cancer Programs of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, including the National Breast Cancer Coalition |
| Find out what the National Breast Cancer Coalition has to say about the presidential campaign.
Read the NBCC blog at www.breastcancercaucus.org
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| $12 Million Increase in Funding for DOD Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP)
This week, Congress passed a continuing resolution that includes a Defense Appropriations bill for FY 2009 providing $150 million for the DOD BCRP. This is the exact amount the BCA and NBCC advocates had been asking for and represents a $12 million increase from FY 2008. The budget bill has been sent to the White House and the President is expected to sign.
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| NBCC Disappointed with Changes Made to Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act
After nearly a decade of fighting to pass the BCERA, advocates are disappointed to learn that the bill has been significantly altered in a House subcommittee. The legislation that was designed to create an innovative approach to examining the links between breast cancer and the environment, no longer meets the original basic goals.
"We had thought that a bill with 286 bipartisan House cosponsors, and with both sides of the aisle publicly praising the Senate HELP-passed version, could have resulted in an agreement that maintained the core principles of that legislation," writes Fran Visco, NBCC president. To learn more click here.
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| Taking Care of Our Daughters
The daughters of women who have experienced breast cancer have extra anxieties when they experience puberty and changes to their bodies. We now have some new resources to help our daughters through this rocky period.  Dr. Marisa Weiss, the founder of breastcancer.org, and her daughter Isabel Friedman, have written a book, launched a website designed for girls, and have taken to the road giving presentations at high schools around the country. The book, Taking Care of Your Girls, helps calm girls' fears about breast cancer, but also arms them with appropriate information and steps they can take for good breast health. The book can be ordered from Amazon.com. The website for girls is www.takingcareofyourgirls.com.
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| Ride to Live - Live to Ride Raises over $10,000 for BCA
Over 250 motorcycles roared to life at the second annual Ride to Live - Live to Ride on Saturday, September 27. Final proceeds are still being tallied but the bikers raised over $10,000 for the BCA! Bikers enjoyed a three hour tour from Mason to Cowan Lake and back, and were treated to a delicious spread of hot food when they returned. Planning for the 3rd Annual Ride will begin in February, 2009 and new volunteers are needed and welcome. If you are interested please contact the BCA at bcacincy@yahoo.com. |
| Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness
The issues and realities for those with metastatic breast cancer are often overlooked during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Several cities and states across the country have declared October 13 as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. Should we ask Governor Strickland for an Ohio proclamation? Send your thoughts to bcaciny@yahoo.com For more information and for a link to resources on metastatic breast cancer check out the Metastatic Breast Cancer Network. |
| "Living Proof"
October 18
9PM On Lifetime
Breast cancer advocacy hits primetime! Sit back with a bowl of popcorn and catch Amy Madigan as NBCC president Fran Visco and Harry Connick Jr. as Dr. Dennis Slamon, in a Lifetime original movie about the development of the breast cancer drug herceptin. The movie was produced by Renee Zellweger and is based on the book "Her-2," by Robert Bazell. Click here for a sneak preview.
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The Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA) of Greater Cincinnati is committed to making breast cancer issues a top priority in the public and private sectors through advocacy, education, and communication. The BCA is a member of the National Breast Cancer Coaltion. | |
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